Overview
Store - ASHEVILLE-ARDEN, NC. Plan, coordinate, and facilitate events within a Michaels store to provide a stress-free, fun, and engaging experience for guests. Deliver friendly customer service by helping customers shop and find what they’re looking for. Ensure all customers receive a fast and friendly checkout experience. Complete operational tasks including truck unload, merchandise duties, and maintaining store recovery standards to deliver the brand promises.
Event Coordination
- Plan and coordinate multiple events at once including children’s birthday parties and other craft classes or events.
- Engage with clients of all ages, by creating an environment of fun and creativity.
- Demonstrate and instruct party participants in the completion of craft projects, perform face painting and other activities.
- Facilitate and implement party add-ons such as goody bags, balloons, etc. to company standards.
- Communicate events with clients and store team members.
- Complete administrative tasks such as answering emails, making phone calls, and completing paperwork as needed.
- Adjust plans and events based on client feedback and needs.
- Create backup or emergency plans to be executed as needed.
- Ensure client satisfaction for scheduled events.
- Uphold the company’s cleanliness and safety standards. Set up, break down, and clean before and after each event.
Customer Experience
- Help customers shop, locate products, and provide them with solutions.
- Provide fast and friendly checkout experience.
- Engage customers on benefits of Rewards program and Private Label Credit Cards and complete enrollments.
- Educate customers on Voice of Customer (VOC) survey.
- Assist with Omni channel processes, including Buy Online Pickup in Store (BOPIS) and Ship From Store (SFS).
- Participate in the truck unload, stocking and planogram (POGs) processes.
- Complete merchandise recovery and maintenance.
- Perform Store in Stock Optimization (SISO) and AD set duties as assigned.
- Support shrink and safety programs.
- Adhere to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and company programs to ensure compliance with applicable laws and requirements; execute company policies and standards.
- Interact with others in an accepting and respectful manner; remain positive and respectful, even in difficult situations; promote commitment to the organization’s vision and values; project a positive image and serve as a role model for other team members.
- Cross trained in Custom Framing selling and production.
- Participate in daily store cleanliness activities including sweeping, vacuuming, dusting, and maintaining cleanliness of restrooms.
Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Energetic and enthusiastic personality.
- The ability to handle job stress and interact effectively with others, including guests of all ages and co-workers, is essential.
- Excellent people skills.
- Experience working with children and children’s events.
- Good communication skills including written, verbal, and nonverbal communication as well as listening skills.
- Organizational, interpersonal, and creative problem solving skills.
- Retail and/or customer service experience required.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to remain standing for long periods of time.
- Move throughout the store.
- Regular bending, lifting, carrying, reaching, and stretching.
- Lifting heavy boxes and accessing high shelves by ladder or similar equipment.
- If accommodations are needed, contact the supervisor to discuss reasonable accommodations.
Work Environment
- Public retail store setting with climate-controlled public areas; some stock rooms may not be climate controlled.
- Occasional outdoor work for retrieving shopping carts or unloading trucks.
- Frame shop contains a glass cutter and heat press; work hours may include nights, weekends, and early mornings.
Applicants in the United States must satisfy federal, state, and local legal requirements of the job.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Michaels is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. Reasonable accommodations are available during the job application or interview process. For accommodation information, contact Customer Care at 1-800-642-4235.